Equivalent lengths of stay of pediatric patients hospitalized in rural and nonrural hospitals

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Lorch, Scott A ^a,b,d   Zhang, Xuemei ^a   Rosenbaum, Paul R ^c   Evan Shoshan, Orit ^a   Silber, Jeffrey H ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Center for Psychotherapy Research   (United States)

Author keywords

LOS; Pediatric hospitalizations; Rural hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PENNSYLVANIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SUBURBAN HEALTH SERVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16644383862     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0891     Document Type: Article

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